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Pr'munire
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Forfeiture
Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1)
Pardon
Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. The sovereign may pardon all offences merely against the
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Provisor
Provisor, a purveyor; also one who sued to the Court of Rome for a provision or prearrangement that a
Roman Catholics
the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an
Rome
Rome. See ROMAN CATHOLICS and PR'MUNIRE. 25 Hen. 8, c. 21, ss. 1 and 17, and 1 Eliz. c. 1, s. 2, forbade the
Sessions of the peace
accused of felony, which may be done after a full hearing of evidence on both sides, where the presumption of guilt shall either be weak in itself, or weakened by the proofs adduced on behalf of the
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